Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Cate Blanchett, Evan Rachel Wood, Janette Boyd, Aaron Eckhart, Val Kilmer, Val Kilmer

Director: Ron Howard

Summary: Based on the novel by Thomas Eidson this drama centres on life in 19th Century New Mexico. Samuel Jones walked out on his family many years before when his daughter was just a child. He decides to return home and make up with his now grown-up daughter Maggie. What he finds on his return is that Maggie's eldest daughter Lily has been kidnapped by a group of outlaws. Maggie must now enlist the help of her estranged father in a rescue attempt. Lily's existence is now threatened by a life of enslaved prostitution in Mexico City.

Director Ron Howard, who impressed audiences with BACKDRAFT (1991) and A BEAUTIFUL MIND (2001), has outdone himself with THE MISSING, a wrenching family drama that unfolds in the midst of a classic 1880s Western. This extraordinarily beautiful film offers astounding panoramic photography and inspired performances that enrich a truly hair-raising journey. As ever, Cate Blanchett brings intense realism to the role of Maggie Gilkeson, a New Mexico cattle rancher who dabbles in the healing arts. Her long-estranged father Samuel Jones (Tommy Lee Jones) is mistaken for an Indian when he inexplicably shows up on her property hoping for reconciliation; he abandoned his family years earlier to adopt a Native American identity. An embittered Maggie sends him away, but capitulates when her eldest daughter Lilly (Evan Rachel Wood) is kidnapped by a band of psychotic Apache killers. When the local sheriff and the U.S. Army balk at chasing the perpetrators, a desperate Maggie turns to her father, praying he is sufficiently savvy in tribal ways to save her daughter.
Blanchett and Jones clearly own this movie, and are both superb. Wunderkind child actor Jenna Boyd is spectacular as Maggie's youngest daughter, Dot. Also noteworthy are a brief but poignant cameo by Val Kilmer as an apathetic Army general and a skin-crawling appearance by Eric Schweig as Chidin, the outlaw leader.

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Aspect Ratio:	2.40 Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Two Alternate Endings, Five Deleted Scenes, Five Ron Howard Featurettes, Outtake Reel, Three Short Films, Photo Gallery
Subtitles:	Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, English, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Romanian, Serbian, Slovene, Turkish
Year:	2003
Release Date:	June 21, 2004
Runtime:	131 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	C D R 35450
Keywords:	General, Wide, Screen, Missing, Edison, Drama
Genre:	Drama